Jacqueline Currie (she/her)

Flyer promoting Hastings Science Fair, Sat 18th October 11am-4pm at East Sussex College

Come along to #HastingsScienceFair Sat 18 Oct at East Sussex College! FREE planetarium shows and hands-on science activities from us, plus our friends at @sussex.ac.uk and other local community groups. More details at hastingssciencefair.eventbrite.com #Hastings #EastSussex #science #STEM #STEAM

22.09.2025 08:23 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried | Velislava Hillman I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignore, says academic Velislava Hillman

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... -Big tech has transformed the classroom – and parents are right to be worried says Dr Velislava Hillman - excellent piece! #EdTech #education #learning

01.09.2025 20:57 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

See you there!

26.06.2025 17:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Poster for 'STEM in the Park': a free hands-on STEM festival, 11am-4pm at Crawley Memorial Gardens.

Tomorrow (Saturday 17 May), I'll be showcasing some of Science Projects Ltd's portable, interactive science exhibits at 'STEM in the Park': a free hands-on STEM festival, 11am-4pm at Crawley Memorial Gardens. Come along and check out all the great stuff going on! science-projects.org

16.05.2025 12:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra holds the oldest known caddisfly casing containing microplastic, dating to 1971. Photo: Liselotte Rambonnet.

A caddisfly casing with pieces of blue microplastic, dating 1986. Photo: Auke-Florian Hiemstra

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀

Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯

A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛

Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

09.04.2025 10:06 — 👍 1514    🔁 702    💬 33    📌 120

Table 3. Number of images/illustrations/photos containing male and female figures and female figures.

Table 4. Number of images/illustrations/photos and names in text Containing male and female role models.

Table 5. Number of images/illustrations/photos containing elements that improve the image of males and females.

Table 6. Number of male and female pronouns in the text.

Male Bias in Science and Ways to Counter it: Gender Imbalance of Images in a Science Textbook in Irish Secondary Education.
Pre-print: osf.io/preprints/os...
Published article: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
#EducationalResearch #ITeachPhysics #EduSky #AcademicSky

15.12.2024 17:47 — 👍 27    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 3